Behind the Scenes of the 2025 Charity Watch Sale
To use a seasonal metaphor, the Charity Sale we held earlier this month for Terre des hommes was a perfect example of the snowball effect. What spruced last year from a random conversation with my friend Luigi Bonifacio turned into a successful first
The Most Difficult Thing About the Charity Watch Sale
While it’s only the second edition, the Bienne Charity Watch Sale for Terre des hommes has already become a seasonal ritual for me. Even after a long day of work or a (usually more tiring) Saturday with the kids, I’m always up for
Everything You Need to Know About the Bienne Charity Watch Sale for Terre des Hommes, Second Edition
November 23 update: The catalogue is now live on timefiles.ch/sale When we decided to do this last year, I wondered both if anyone would donate a watch, and if anyone would buy one. 54 donated watches donated, as many sold and 20,239 CHF
50 Things We’ve All Done As Watch Nuts
Ever since I got into watches, eleven years ago, I repeatedly caught myself doing things I never imagined anyone – let alone myself – would be up to. Not only taking constant photos of my wrist, but doing so at the most inappropriate
Asbestos, Lead, Radium: Interview with Jonathan Toumi, Diagnostics Expert at the Heart of the Watch Industry
I met Jonathan Toumi six years ago, after what my kids had picked up in the garden thinking it was an interesting rock turned out to be a chunk of asbestos-cement. I subsequently developed a phobia of asbestos and other hidden enemies of
Why I Never Kept My GMT Watches
My boss is on the American West Coast, 9 hours behind. I travel fairly frequently for work, to his timezone, and others. I have a bit of a watch obsession and the GMT complication is fun and pretty fascinating. Basically, a perfect storm
Understanding Specifically How Terre des Hommes is Helping in Gaza
I know most of you come to this blog for watch-related content. Of the 99 articles I published before this one, watches, a personal passion / obsession, is largely what I’ve been writing about. And I realize that if I don’t want to
Just In Case: Behind the Scenes at Stila SA in La Chaux-de-Fonds
My favorite places where watches are made all have something in common. They’re timeless. Whether that’s ironic or on the contrary to the point is up for debate. Either way, Stila SA, at the heart of La Chaux-de-Fonds, itself at the heart of
Before You Buy: the Real Costs of Owning a Watch
While I hope you find it useful, this as much as anything a note-to-self. A place I can easily go back to when the next temptation hits me. As we know, there are always “good” reasons to buy a watch. And at least
A Psychiatrist’s Take on Watch Addiction – Interview with Dr Jean-Marie Sengelen
Attempting to grasp why watches are so powerful at – literally – capturing our minds has led me to read a bunch of books, and even writing one. Among the missing pieces of my ongoing puzzle is a truly scientific approach to understand
